Vending machine



Feb. 28, 1933. s. PISANO ET AL VENDING MACHINE Filed May 3.0, 1930 6 Sheets-Sheet l Feb. 28, 1933. s. PISANO ET AL 1,899,478

VENDING MACHINE Filed May 10, 1930 6 Sheets-Sheet 2.

Feb. 28, 1933.

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S. PISANO ET AL VENDING MACHINE Filed May 10, 1950 6 Sheets-Sheet 5 Inventor:

Feb. 28, 1933. s. PXSANO ET AL 1,899,478

VENDING MACHINE Filed May 10, 1930 6 Sheets-Sheet 6 II II MP HIM A llomcy Patented Feb. 28, 1933 UNITED-STATES STEPLARIO iser m JAGK FABDELLA; or BROOK NEW we V NG MACHINE hpplieatton filed May 19,

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in vending machines, and more particularly it pertains to vending machines of the coin controlled type.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel mechanism wherein a plurality of articles such as packaged goods may be simultaneously discharged from a vending machine byia single operation.

' It is a further object of the inventionto provide a novel form of locking mechanism whereby the several parts are locked against operation until the proper coins have been inserted into the machine A further object of the invention is to provide a vending machine wherein a single package of cigarettes and a single packet of matches may be simultaneously discharged from the machine upon completion of the proper operations.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a machine of this class which will be simple in structure, economical of manufacture, and highly eflicient in use.

Other objects of the invention relate to certain novel and improved constructions, arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims, the advantages of which will be readily understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art.

The invention will be clearly understood from the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention in its preferred form, and the following detailed description of the constructions therein shown.

In the drawings;

Figure 1 is a front perspective view of a vending machine constructed in accordance with the present invention,

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure2 taken at right angles thereto,

Figure 4 is an enlarged 'detail sectional view. of the lower-part of-the structure shown in Figure 2 showing the arrangement of the coin handling and merchandise delivering mechanisms, 1 V

Figure 5 is a-similarly enlarged detail. sec- 1930. Serial No. 4 51 ,391.

tional view of one side of the lower portionof the structure shown in Figure 3 and ill'us" trating the operating mechanism in rear .elevation,

Figure 6 is a'view similar to Figure 5 showing the operating parts in the released and operat ng position, T

Fi ure 7 is a horizontal sectional view taken approximatelyon the line 7-7 of Fig- I ure 6, looking downwardly,

Figure 8 'is an enlarged sectional-view through the coin slide, and; Figure 9 is a vertical transverse sectional view' illustrating the locking mechanism of the operating parts. Referring to the drawings by reference characters, the vending machine consists of a casing or housing 10in which the goods-oi fered 'for sale and the various operating mechanisms are contained. The front wall of the housing 10'1naybe provided with win dows' 11 through which the go odsofi ered for sale may be advantageously displayed, and the delivery of thearticles sold may' be effect'ed through a'delivery chute 12te'rmina'ting in adeli'very opening 13 also' preferajbly located in'the front wall of the housing Slotsfsuch as 14 are provided forthefintro duction of coins, and operating handles such s 5' a e a s i inte i e re i e bf thesaid housing 1O 1 In the pr sent illustration of the invention, w mach nes r a rang d .S d nby Si a ho n, t it is to e mes ed t a the mahin s y b emp iie i y; r may b used inhatteriesoftwo oriii ore if desired. i i In its present illustration, the invention bo ied 1 -'n. l 1 fe 'cli pee nel ie l taneously a single package of cigarettes g ompanie by a s ngle packe o ma he an to this end, each machine is provided with a vertically disposed chute 16 in which cigarettes in package formarecarried and also with a chute 17 in which the matches herein illustrated .as packets are carried. These chutes 'preferably occupy positions one'behind the other in the machine. It will be noted that the chute 17 in "which the match packets arecarried, is shorter than thejchu'te 16 in which the packages of cigarettes are carried.

In Figure 5, the packages of cigarettes are designated A, and it will be noted that they are stacked upon one another in the vertical chute 16, and retained therein by flanges 18 formed on the side walls of said chute. The bottom cigarette package of the stack rests upon a carrier 25 which is movable laterally to carry the package todischarging position, illustrated in Figure 6. \Vhen the carrier has been moved to the discharging position as shown in Figure 6, the following cigarette package of the stack rests upon the finger 19 of a resilient member 20 secured as at 21 to the side of the chute 16 and this resilient member 20 has depending resilient fingers 23, the purpose of which will be hereinafterdescribed.

The carrier 25 is mounted upon a plate 30 which is supported on a table 31 spaced above the bottom of the casing 10. The plate 30 carries on its underside a rack 32, with which is meshed a toothed wheel 34 on a shaft 33 mounted below the table 31. The shaft 33 projects through the front wall of the casing 10, where it is provided with an operating handle 15. V

From the foregoing it will be obvious that each time one of the shafts 33 is rotated by manipulating its operating handle 15, the plate 30 corresponding thereto will be moved laterally through the medium of the rack 32 and gear wheel 34. The plate 30 is returned to its normal position by a coil spring 35, Figure 7, which is connected at one end to the plate 30 at 36 and at its other end to the casing 10 at 37.

As the plate 30 is moved'laterally, the carrier 25 is moved to the position shown in Figure 6, and on its return movement, under the influence of the spring 35, the package A of cigarettes carried by the carrier engages the following package of the stack, and is pushed thereby from the carrier into the discharge chute 12. Just before the plate 30 reaches its normal position under the chute 16, a finger 38, Figure 6, which projects therefrom, engages the fingers 23, and flexes the resilient member 20 laterally to the position shown in Figure 5. This removes the retaining finger 19 from under the stack of cigarette packages and permits the bottom package to fall on to the carrier 25 as shown nally spaced lugs 41 which in turn have faced sideopenings 42. Pivotally mounted as at 43 within each of the side openings 42, is a rockable detent 44 having a curvedly cut out portion 45 therein. Each detent 44 has at its free end a finger 46 adapted to engage behind a shoulder 47 on the lugs 41. The inward side of each slot 40 is provided with a notch defining a shoulder 49 with which a projection 50 of the companiondetent 44 is adapted to normally engage for preventing lateral sliding movement of the plate 30, eXcept when the detents have been swung into the openings 42. to a position in which the projections 50 are clear of the shoulders 49. The detents 44 are maintained normally outwardly of their respective openings 42 by springs or the like 51.

From theeforegoing it will be apparent that wheneither of the shafts 33 is rotated,

movement of the-plate 30 is prevented by,

reason of engagement of the companion detentshoulder .50 with the shoulder 49 ofthe plate 30, it'being understood that there is sufiicient space betweenthe parts to permit of necessary movement of the parts.

To retract the detents, and permit lateral operation of the plate 30, the proper coins must be inserted in the slots 14 whence they pass into and through coin chutes which in turn deliver them to recesses 56 in the central portion .48 of the plate 30-shown in Figure 7 wherein they lie flat. Coins in the recesses 56, engageand displace and hold the detents 44 in lug'openings 42 out of engagement with the shoulders 49 so that the plate 30 is freed for moving vlaterally and performing its dispensing functions. Movement of the plate. 30 releases the coins which drop through openings in the plate 31 into the coin box 57 shown in Figure 4. y 1

From the foregoing it will be obvious tha unless coins are present in the recesses 56, the plate 30 cannot be moved laterally by turning the shaft 33 by its dependentoperating handle 15. Turning the handle 15 in the opposite direction is prevented by a mechanism which is constructed and-operated as,

follows; 1

Referring particularly to Figures 5 and 9, it will be noted that the rear end portion of. each shaft 33 is provided with a ratchet wheel 60, the teeth of. which are so arranged that when the pawl is engaged with the wheel 60, said wheel is free to rotate counterclockwise in Figure'5, but is prevented from rotating clockwise. 7 When the shaft 33 is rotated counterclockwise in said Figure 5, the coin controlled mechanism having released the plate 30, the pawl 61 rides over the teeth of the ratchet wheel until engaged by the,

cam surface 62 of a cam plate 63 which lifts the pawl out of engagement with the teeth of the ratchet wheel 60 and'into engagement with a curved portion of the spring 64. The pawl is held in such elevated position by. the engagement of its rounded end 63 with the curved portion of the spring 64, as shown in Figure 9. The pawl 61 being disengaged from the ratchet wheel 60 permits clockwise rotation of the shaft 38 until the then upper cam surface of a cam notch 65 of the cam plate 63 engages a pin 66 on the pawl 61 and pushes the pawl out of engagement with the spring 64 and into engagement again with the teeth of the ratchet wheel 60, and holding the pawl so engaged locks the shaft 3 against clockwise rotation.

As heretofore stated, the matches which are preferably in the form of match packets, are carried in the chute 17 to the rear of the chute 16. Vhile no specific means has been shown for supporting and discharging the match packets in the chute 17 it is to be understood that the match packet supporting and discharging mechanism will be substantially the same in form as that employed for supporting, and effecting delivery of a single package of cigarettes. The match packet mechanism is partially illustrated at 68, 7 0

in Figure 5. For receiving and discharging the match packets, an arm such as that indicated by the numeral 68 in Figure 4 may project rearwardly from the carrier 25 in such a manner that upon each reciprocation of the carrier 25, the arm 68 will receive and discharge a packet of matches from the chute 17 and deliver the packet into the chute 69 and into the delivery chute 12.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the present invention provides a new and novel machine whereby two or more articles, such for example as a package of cigarettes and a match packet may be delivered simultaneously from the machine.

While the invention has been herein illustrated in what is considered a preferred form, it is to be understood, that the invention is not limited to the construction and arrangement herein shown, but may be carried out in other forms and types of machines which rightfully fall within the scope of the hereto appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to secure by U. S. Letters Patent, is; j

1. In a vending machine, a chute for containing the articles to be dispensed, a spring member at the lower end of the chute having a projection for engaging the lowermost article in the chute for holding the articles in said chute, a reciprocatory member having a part for supporting an article, a spring for normally holding the member with said part under the chute, an upwardly extending portion on said article receiving part, and of less height than an article seated on said part for engaging and moving the projection on the spring member out of engagement with said lowermost package or article when the reciprocatory member is in receiving position, whereby an article from the chute will drop upon said receiving partof the reciprocatory member, the article on the re ceiving part of ''-the reciprocatory=me1nber being adapted to be pushed therefrom by the lowermost article in the chute when said reciprocatory member is returned toward:-v

normal position byithe spring, and manually operated means for operating said reciprocatory member.

2. In a vending machine, a chute forvcon taining articles to be vended, a reciprocatory member for removing articles one by one shaft having spaced cams thereon, one cam being adapted to move the pawl into engagement with the latch after the operating means have moved the reciprocatory member from under the chute to release the operating means from the reciprocatory member to per- "mit the spring to return the reciprocatory member to its normal position, the other cam being adapted to release the pawl from the latch when the parts are returned by the spring to normal position whereby the pawl will engage its ratchet wheel and the-parts will be ready for another operation.

3. In a machine for vending simultaneously two different articles, a first article containing chute, a second article containing chute located adjacent the first chute, a reciprocable member, a-first article receiving member operatively connected to the reciprocable member, a second article receiving member also operatively connected to the reciprocable member, return spring means for maintaining said reciprocable member in normal position in which said receiving members are disposed in receiving relation to their chutes and supporting the lowermost article, retaining spring means on each chute for holding the next lowest article from falling from the chute when the receiving members are displaced out of receiving position, delivery means for receiving the lowermost articles from the receiving members, and operating means for moving said reciprocable means out of normal position so that the re ceiving members are moved out of article receiving positions and the next lowest articles move to the lowest position in the chutes, said return spring means being operative upon release of the operating means to move said article receiving memberstoward receiving relation with the chutes so that the lowermost articles supported thereon are caused to strike the next lowest article in the chutes and be thereby pushed off the receiving members into said delivery means, said receiving members being adapted to engage and release the retaining spring means as they return to article receiving relation to their chutes whereby said next lowest articles are released from the chutes and received on the article receiving members for a second operation of the machine.

In testimony whereof We aflix our signatures;

STELLARIO PISANO. JACK FARDELLA. 

